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BUSINESS WRITING: WHEN ENGLISH IS A SECOND LANGUAGE
Seminar No: 02266 -XNBB
CEU Credits: 1.8
Length: 3 days
Improve your ability to write in English...and increase your chances for success
Writing clearly and correctly in the language of business is critical to your success! This seminar is designed specifically for business professionals who are nonnative English speakers. In just three days, you’ll improve your ability to write in English and enhance your reading and verbal comprehension as well.
Attendees:
This comprehensive workshop is designed to improve the fundamental written communication skills of business and technical professionals whose second language is English.
How You Will Benefit:
- Convey ideas and information with clarity and precision in memos, letters, reports and other business correspondence
- Replace outdated business language with modern terms
- Use the appropriate style and tone for your correspondence
- Proofread and edit with greater ease
- Enhance your productivity, job performance and self-confidence
- Build your English vocabulary and learn hundreds of words essential to effective business writing
- Absorb lessons quickly with custom-designed instruction materials
What You Will Cover
- Learn proven techniques for writing effectively in English
- Clarify frequently confused terms
- Review guidelines for standard English grammar, word usage, punctuation, capitalization and verb tenses
- Use pronouns, adjectives, prepositions and articles correctly
- Distinguish commonly confused words and terms, such as "between" and "among"
Extended/Detailed Seminar Outline
Learning Objectives
- Convey Ideas and Information with Clarity and Precision in Memos, Letters, Reports, and Other Business Correspondence
- Review Guidelines for Standard English Grammar, Usage, Punctuation, Capitalization, and Verb Tenses
- Replace Outdated Business Language with Modern Terms
- Use the Appropriate Style and Tone for Your Correspondence
- Proofread and Edit with Greater Ease
Modern English Usage
- Avoid Common English Usage Errors
- Clarify Understanding of Words Often Used Incorrectly
- Learn Correct Prepositional Endings
- Identify and Omit Redundant Words and Expressions
- Recognize Troublesome Spelling Areas
Building Up Your Vocabulary
- Increase Your Vocabulary of English Words
- Understand How Latin and Greek Roots Are the Basis of Most English Words
- Recognize How Many English Words Are of Foreign Origin
- Achieve Greater Business, Legal, and Cultural Word Power
- Learn and Correctly Use Popular Cliches and Euphemisms
- Learn 200 New Words Essential to Effective Communication
Understanding English Language Structure
- Review the Rules for Standard English Grammar
- Understand the Various Principles of Subject and Verb Agreement
- Recognize When Troublesome Subjects Lead to Incorrect Verb Tense
- Avoid Confusion That Results from Collective Nouns, Words That Measure, Plurals and Irregular Verbs
- Distinguish among and Use Various Verb Tenses According to Standard English Guidelines
Learning the Specific Uses of Pronouns, Adjectives, Adverbs and Articles
- Understand How the Various Pronouns Function
- Learn How and When to Use Comparative Adjectives and Adverbs
- Review the Uses of Articles in Sentences
Building Better Sentences
- Learn to Identify and Correct Faulty Sentence Fragments, Comma Splices, and Run-on Constructions
- Learn How to Create Sentences That Clearly Express Relationships of Ideas
- Avoid Writing Sentences That Contain Faulty Comparisons and Omissions
- Recognize Misplaced Modifiers and Phrases
- Achieve Parallel Structure among Sentence Elements
Punctuating to Perfection
- Review Guidelines for Correct Use of Punctuation in English Sentence Structure: Comma, Semicolon, Colon, Dash, Apostrophe, and Hyphen
Learning Capitalization and Using Numbers
- Understand the Rules for Correct Capitalization of English Words and Phrases
- Recognize When to Write Numbers as Words and Figures
Writing with Greater Ease, Clarity, and Precision
- Become Familiar with Principles That Will Ensure Effective Business Writing in English
- Understand Ways to Overcome Writer’s Block
- Learn How to Meet the Reader’s Needs and Expectations
- Organize Ideas for Emphasis
- Understand the Appeal of Familiar Words and Simple Worded Expressions
- Learn Techniques for Achieving Smoother Flow of Ideas in Sentences and Paragraphs
- Understand the Value of Linking Words and Phrases
- Avoid Awkwardness and Wordiness
- Review Techniques for Avoiding Writing Sentences Containing Static Phrases, Verbals, and Roundabout Terms
- Recognize Archaic English Words and Expressions
- Write with Style and Proper Tone to Ensure Diplomacy in Business Writing
- Create Successful Memos, Letters, and Reports
Developing Better Editing and Proofreading Skills
- Ensure Readability Using Proven Techniques for Successful Proofreading and Editing
- Recognize, Edit, and Avoid Sexist or Negative Remarks
- Achieve Greater Precision in the Polished/Final Draft
- Know How to Meet the Needs of Your Boss When He/She Edits Your Writing without Explanation
Start and End times: first day - 8:30am-5pm, all other days 9am-5pm unless otherwise specified. Your registration confirmation notice will confirm the hotel/conference center for the seminar for which you registered. The information included on this page is all the information available on this seminar. Please use form below to register only. To request information that is not included above please send an email to
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New York
AMA executive Conference Center
1601 Broadway New York, NY 10019
American Management Association (Located in the same building as the Crowne Plaza Hotel) 1601 Broadway On Broadway and 48th Street near Times Square. Entrance is on 48th Street.
Chicago
AMA executive Conference Center (adjacent to the Marroitt O'Hare)
8655 west higgins rd
Chicago, IL 60631
San Francisco
AMA executive Conference Center is located in San Francisco Marriott Hotel
55 Fourth Street 2nd Level
San Francisco, CA 94103
Atlanta
AMA Executive Conference Center
Address: 1170 Peachtree Street Ne Cnr Peachtree & 14th (3rd Flr)
City, State, Zip: Atlanta, GA 30309
Washington, DC
Arlington, Virginia
2345 Crystal Drive, Suite 200
Arlington, VA 22202
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